Encryped LDAP communication with Squid?

[sprocket888]

I was wondering if it is possible to perform LDAP authentication via the ldaps:// protocol.

I have a working LDAP server and I use the encrypted communication when authenticating users on the network. I plan to use the same authentication to provide different SQIUD filters for different users on my network. But I don't want the username and password getting transmitted in plain text.

How do I configure SQUID in pfSense to perform its LDAP authentication through my secured connection?

Any ideas are appreciated.